Thursday, December 10, 2009

But the climate skeptics who met inside a stuffy second-floor gallery near this city’s Christianshavn neighborhood on Wednesday displayed at least as much passion for their cause as the environmental activists who have flocked to Copenhagen to push for action on global warming.

“They’ve got us outnumbered,” said Ian Plimer, an Australian geologist, who has interests in several mining operations. “But we’ve got them outgunned.”

concluding with a perfect description of the debate among our friends, the Potty Peer, S. Fred, Dowser Morner and a cast of maybe five others,

Then, as debates over global warming often do, the discussion dissolved into incomprehensible shouting.

Steve Mc is missing a fun party.

FAST MOVING UPDATES from the Rabett Run Crack Reporting Team in Copenhagen, or is that your Rabett Run Reporting Team on Crack? Things are moving fast and it's pretty hard to keep our little bunny butts off the floor. Gareth in the comments tells us

Meanwhile, for an alternative view of the conference, the potty peer is blogging his time in Copenhagen:

The more reflective of the numerous journalists who crowded into our little conference chamber noticed a startling difference between our conference and the panto. There, all was screaming spin. Here, all was calm, rational scientific discussion among the world’s leading climate experts.

I have a feeling that Scrøtüm may have a message on the way soon. Ethon may be required...

Joe Romm has Video with the Potty Peer and his pet making an appearance.

18 comments:

Umm, do debates among real scientists "often .. disolve into incomprehensible shouting"? I thought the NY Times article was way too gentle on these guys. It was lightly mocking, which I suppose is nice, but still... quoting Plimer on "outgunned"?

The NYT thinks that the SPPI is a British organisation? Fact check failure alert!

Meanwhile, for an alternative view of the conference, the potty peer is blogging his time in Copenhagen:

The more reflective of the numerous journalists who crowded into our little conference chamber noticed a startling difference between our conference and the panto. There, all was screaming spin. Here, all was calm, rational scientific discussion among the world’s leading climate experts.

I have a feeling that Scrøtüm may have a message on the way soon. Ethon may be required...

Plimer has "interests in several mining operations":Yeah, to the tune of literally hundreds of thousands of $AUD per year from at least 3 companies, as the press could have easily verified if they did any actual journalism. (Today's exchange rate: $1 US = $1.09 AUD)Here, let me Google that for you, Mr. NYT Lazy Journalist:Are you feeling lucky, punk?

McIntyre has indeed belatedly filled in the dots because he's been rumbled, but in the true spirit of a sleazeball, McFraudit 'forgot' to mention the update on the page and the date on the page does not reflect the update. Some of this dishonesty lives on, but I have submitted it for archiving, so no link at present, because one of the puppets might report it to their puppet master.

Late to the party, but (re silence's comments above) it looks to me like Garth R. Porter (attorney, of Porter and Gair) and Dr. Gareth Porter (investigative historian and journalist, author of four books; "Gareth Porter & Janet Welsh Brown, Global Environmental Politics") are separate people, and that the EESI Porter is the latter.

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Eli Rabett, a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny who finally handed in the keys and retired from his wanna be research university. The students continue to be naive but great people and the administrators continue to vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional without Eli's help. Eli notices from recent political developments that this behavior is not limited to administrators. His colleagues retain their curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves. Prof. Rabett is thankful that they, or at least some of them occasionally heeded his pointing out the implications of the various enthusiasms that rattle around the department and school. Ms. Rabett is thankful that Prof. Rabett occasionally heeds her pointing out that he is nuts.